Freud's "Id" mind structure

The unconscious: works towards immediate gratification; relates to hunger, aggression, and libido

Freud's "Ego" mind structure

The rational: takes the irrational demands of the id and figures out how to satisfy them in a realistic, socially acceptable way

Artaud’s "l’imprévu objectif"

Refers to the process of trying to bypass rationality and access human subconscious

Breton’s “fortuitous juxtaposition”

The striking visual pairing of two unrelated realities on a new, unexpected plane to shock and spark the imagination by bypassing rational logic

Breton's "objective chance"

The idea that seemingly random events are secretly predestined expressions of human desire - the nature of cinema and editing means that these realities or “random” events are carefully constructed

Deren’s "horizontal" and "vertical" narratives

"Horizontal" cinema moves through sequential events (A → B), "vertical" cinema poetically explores the emotion and atmosphere of specific moments

Burch’s “structures of aggression”

Cinematic techniques designed to disrupt, or shock a viewer's subconscious expectations, forcing them out of passive viewing habits

Dulac on the structural focus

“The character is not the center of importance in a scene, but the relationship of the images to one another,”

Dulac on the process of cinema

“the artistic development of a new form of sensibility”

Dulac on the aim of avant-garde

It "breaks with established traditions to search out, in the strictly visual and auditory realm, new emotional chords.”

Dulac on avant-garde style

“it sought emotion and feeling in movement”

Flitterman-Lewis on the political impact of the avant-garde

“the political impact…is to redefine the political itself”

Flitterman-Lewis on avant-garde as not just aesthetic

It is "no less committed to the political or historical dimensions of life”

De Andrade's "cultural cannibalism" (1928)

Metaphor of consuming coloniser’s culture/art styles, absorbing the valuable elements, and vomiting them back out as something bolder and intrinsically Brazilian

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Avant-Garde

Secondary Reading and Theory

Question	Answer
Freud's "Id" mind structure	The unconscious: works towards immediate gratification; relates to hunger, aggression, and libido
Freud's "Ego" mind structure	The rational: takes the irrational demands of the id and figures out how to satisfy them in a realistic, socially acceptable way
Artaud’s "l’imprévu objectif"	Refers to the process of trying to bypass rationality and access human subconscious
Breton’s “fortuitous juxtaposition”	The striking visual pairing of two unrelated realities on a new, unexpected plane to shock and spark the imagination by bypassing rational logic
Breton's "objective chance"	The idea that seemingly random events are secretly predestined expressions of human desire - the nature of cinema and editing means that these realities or “random” events are carefully constructed
Deren’s "horizontal" and "vertical" narratives	"Horizontal" cinema moves through sequential events (A → B), "vertical" cinema poetically explores the emotion and atmosphere of specific moments
Burch’s “structures of aggression”	Cinematic techniques designed to disrupt, or shock a viewer's subconscious expectations, forcing them out of passive viewing habits
Dulac on the structural focus	“The character is not the center of importance in a scene, but the relationship of the images to one another,”
Dulac on the process of cinema	“the artistic development of a new form of sensibility”
Dulac on the aim of avant-garde	It "breaks with established traditions to search out, in the strictly visual and auditory realm, new emotional chords.”
Dulac on avant-garde style	“it sought emotion and feeling in movement”
Flitterman-Lewis on the political impact of the avant-garde	“the political impact…is to redefine the political itself”
Flitterman-Lewis on avant-garde as not just aesthetic	It is "no less committed to the political or historical dimensions of life”
De Andrade's "cultural cannibalism" (1928)	Metaphor of consuming coloniser’s culture/art styles, absorbing the valuable elements, and vomiting them back out as something bolder and intrinsically Brazilian

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